# Abrasions, scratches at TrueNorth Steel
> OSHA SIR `2019066329` · 6/24/2019 · MISSOULA, MONTANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Trunk, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Abrasions, scratches
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Beams-unattached metal
## Employer
- **Name:** TrueNorth Steel
- **Location:** 5405 Momont Road, MISSOULA, MONTANA, 59808
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sandblasting a steel bridge beam when he tripped on a beam behind him and fell with the sandblaster in hand. The sandblaster's deadman switch was tripped, but a residual amount of media made contact with and abraded the employee's torso area.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*